Thomas H. Garman

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Pomona, Ks. ***76

Phone 940-***-****

Email plz8ki@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking position as a Printed Circuit Designer.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Familiar with the following CAD systems: 1)Mentor Graphics Board Station, 2)Mentor Graphics Expedition, 3) Cadstar, 4) Autocad, 5) DxDesigner 6) Microstation. Familiar with DOD- STD-100, IPC 2221, and related ANSI, IEEE and IPC specifications.

Experienced with high speed design, RF, and high current power supplies.

EXPERIENCE

Garmin International: Olathe, Ks Jan. 2008 – Present

PCB Designer. Designed Printed Circuit Boards for Personal Navigation Devices, aviation navigation and handheld GPS units. Many designs used HDI (Blind and buried vias). Used Cadstar and PReditor for board layout and Autocad and MS Word for documentation. Verified designs using CAM350.

Volt (at RockwellCollins): Cedar Rapids, Ia Apr. 2007 – Jan. 2008

PCB Designer. Generated schematics using Mentor DxDesigner (Viewdraw/ePd). Designed Printed Circuit Boards for military and civil avionics and ground support equipment using Zuken CR5000 Board Designer.

Volt (at Raytheon): Tucson, Az Dec. 2005 – Apr. 2007

PCB Designer/Librarian. Design Printed Circuit Boards and generate documentation for Automated Test Equipment (ATE) using Mentor Graphics Board Station RE. Verified designs using Valor DFM toolset. Build and Inspect library parts submitted to corparate library to ensure that all parts are compliant to the Raytheon Corporate Library standards.

ACAE (at Motorola): Fort Worth, Tx Aug. 2004 – Dec. 2005

Librarian. Inspected library parts submitted to corparate library to ensure that all parts are compliant to the Motorola Corporate Library standards. Utiized Mentor LMS and Board station for completion of dutes. Also heavily used Microsoft Office for administrative tasks.

Geologics (at Raytheon): El Segundo, Ca. Feb, 2004 – Aug. 2004

Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of Mil Spec printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station. Routed and placed printed circuit boards using Boardstation RE. Verified designs using Valor DFM toolset.

Adecco (at Kodak) Rochester, NY. July, 2003 – Feb, 2004

Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of multilayer surface mount printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station. Routed and placed printed circuit boards using Boardstation RE.

ACAE (at Corvis) Columbia, MD. Oct, 2002 – Feb, 2003

Librarian. Created Library components including symbols, geometries, and PDB entries using Mentor Expedition Library Manager. Designed physical layout of multilayer surface mount and through hole printed circuit boards using Mentor Expedition.

Summit National (at Samsung): Richardson, Tx. July, 2002 – Oct, 2002

Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of multilayer surface mount printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect. Routed printed circuit boards with differential pairs and controlled impedance using Autoactive RE Pcb autorouter.

Created Library components including symbols, geometries, mapping files, and catalog entries using LMS Library Manager

SSG (at Raytheon): El Segundo Ca. July, 2001 – Feb, 2002

Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of Mil Spec printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station. Routed and placed printed circuit boards using Boardstation RE. Verified designs using Valor DFM toolset.

SSG (at Lockheed Martin): Archbald, Pa. May, 2001 – July, 2001

Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of Mil Spec printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Expedition and Design Capture. Built library components using Library Manager. Verified designs using Cam350.

Summit National (at Samsung): Richardson, Tx. January, 2001 – May, 2001

Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of multilayer surface mount printed circuit boards and backplanes with high speed differential pairs and controlled impedance lines and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect. Routed printed circuit boards using Destination Pcb autorouter. Verified designs using Valor DFM toolset.

ACG (at Motorola): Ft. Worth, Tx. September, 2000 - January, 2001

Printed Circuit Designer/Libarian. Designed physical layout of multilayer surface mount printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect. Routed printed circuit boards using Destination Pcb autorouter. Verified designs using Valor DFM toolset. Created library parts per Motorola MCL specifications using MCL and LMS toolsets

ACS (at Motorola): Arlington Heights, Il. March, 2000 - August, 2000.

Printed Circuit Designer/Libarian. Designed physical layout of multilayer surface mount printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect. Created library parts per Motorola MCL specifications using MCL and LMS toolsets

ACS (at Lucent): Columbus, Oh. April, 1998 - March, 2000.

Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of multilayer surface mount printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect.

TAD (at Perry Power Plant) Perry, Oh. Jan 1998 - March 1998.

Drafter. Created and revised eletrical schematics and wiring diagrams using

Microstation on Windows NT.

ACS (at American Computer Development): Germantown, MD. Oct,1997 - Dec, 1997. Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of multilayer surfase mount printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect.

ICG (at Telxon): Akron, Oh. July, 1997 - Oct.,1997. Printed Cicuit Designer. Designed physical layout of multilayer surface mount printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect.

TAD Nov. 1995 - July, 1997: Extension of contract at Motorola.

Parker Concepts Inc. (at Motorola): Schaumberg Il. Jan 1995 - Nov. 1995: Printed Circuit Designer/Librarian. Convert designs from Mentor Ver 7 to Mentor Ver 8.2. Enter parts as required for conversion into library using LMS library interface.

Oxford International (at Delco Electronics): Flint Mi. Sept. 1994 - Dec. 1994: Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect.

Butler Service Group (at Delco Electronics): Kokomo, In. April 1993 - Sept. 1994: Printed Circuit Designer. Designed physical layout of printed circuit boards and generated documentation using Mentor Graphics Board Station and Design Architect.

BOEING: Huntsville, Al. Jan. 1992 - April 1993: Drafter/CAD Operator. Developed and documented system schematics. Automated drawing tasks with Intergraph MicroStation's UCM programming language.

July 1991 - Jan. 1992: Drafter/CAD Operator. Developed airframe components from engineer's concepts and sketches. Generated 3D computer models and Engineering drawings using Intergraph EMS.

Oct. 1990 - July 1991: Drafter/CAD Operator. Created and revised various types of drawings using CIMCAD software.

Sept. 1989 - Nov. 1990: Designed physical layout of printed circuit boards and generated documentation. Assisted other users of CAE system to correctly interface schematics with Mentor Board Station.

BOEING: Wichita, Ks. July 1988 - March 1989: Drafter/CAD Operator. Designed physical layout of printed circuit boards and generated documentation. Revised schematics to conform to ANSI Y14.15.

March 1989 - Sept. 1989: Investigated possible aircraft design problems and enhancements. Developed corrections for design problems and revised drawings to incorporate corrections and enhancements.

Ohio Edison: Akron, Ohio. April 1986 - Oct. 1987: Contract Drafter. Created and revised schematics and wiring diagrams for electric utility substation and powerplant protection and control circuits. Prepared drawings for and designed layout of equipment panels.

EDUCATION

Stark Technical College, Canton, Ohio. Associate of Applied Science,

Mechanical Engineering Technology. June, 1985.

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